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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NPDES Pollution Control

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Arkansas Administration of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (Rule No. 6): Arkansas Pollution Control and...

The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) has adopted the following: Petition to Initiate Rulemaking to Approve Amendments to Regulation 6: Regulations for State Administration of the National...more

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City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency: Supreme Court to Decide the Limits of National Pollutant...

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On May 28, 2024, the Supreme Court announced that it would review a Clean Water Act (CWA) case brought by the City of San Francisco (“San Francisco” or “the City”) against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The...more

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PFAS Polluters Soon To Be Held Accountable Under CERCLA After Major EPA Rulemaking

We can now talk about the proverbial elephant in the PFAS room that has been lingering for a while. On April 19, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will list the so-called "forever chemicals"...more

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Effluent Guidelines/Meat and Poultry Products Category: Association of Clean Water Administrators Comments Addressing U.S....

The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) submitted March 23rd Comments to a Proposed EPA Rule styled: Clean Water Act Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standard for the - ...more

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Holyoke, Massachusetts, Clean Water Act NPDES Permit: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Petition Filed

The City of Holyoke, Massachusetts, (“Holyoke”) filed a document before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) titled: Petition for Review of City of Holyoke Water...more

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EPA Issues Long-Awaited (and Disappointing) Proposed Guidance on Combined Sewer Overflows

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting comments on a draft guidance document on approaches to issuing National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for communities that have completed...more

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Effluent Guidelines/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposes Rule Addressing Meat and Poultry Products...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced a pre-Federal Register Notice for a proposed rule addressing Clean Water Act effluent limit guidelines for the Meat and Poultry Products (“MPP”) industrial...more

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Suction Dredge Mining/Clean Water Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Applicability of NPDES Permit System

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) in a November 20th Opinion addressed an issue involving the applicability of the Section 402 Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination...more

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EPA’s New Proposed Maui Guidance: Underwhelming and Sneaky

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On November 20, with no fanfare at all, not even a press release, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its Draft Guidance: Applying the Supreme Court’s County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund Decision in the Clean...more

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Uncovered Railcars Transporting Coal/Clean Water Act: Environmental Organizations Submit Petition to U.S. Environmental Protection...

The Sierra Club and a number of other environmental organizations submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on September 26th Petition for Rulemaking (“Petition”) styled: To Establish...more

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Soon we'll have EPA guidance responding to the Supreme Court's Maui decision, but it may not be much.

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The ever-vigilant Sam Hess of Inside EPA has posted an August presentation by an EPA official at the Association of Clean Water Administrators’ Annual Meeting.  That presentation says that EPA has drafted new guidance based...more

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Toxic Pollutant/Priority Pollutant Lists/Pretreatment Determinations: Environmental Organizations Petition U.S. Environmental...

The Northwest Environmental Advocates and Center for Biological Diversity (collectively “NEA”) submitted a July 31st document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: Petition for Rulemaking...more

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This isn't an early April Fools joke -- the US Forest Service is applying for a NPDES permit so that it can keep fighting forest...

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Inside EPA is reporting that the United States Forest Service is going to work with EPA to obtain National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit coverage under the Federal Clean Water Act authorizing it to...more

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U.S. EPA’s First Usage of Clean Water Act Residual Designation Authority & Environmental Justice

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In September 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 issued a decision to use its Clean Water Act (CWA) Residual Designation Authority (RDA) to require National Pollution Discharge Elimination System...more

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EPA Continues its Journey Down the PFAS Road(map)

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On December 5, 2022, the U.S. EPA issued a memorandum entitled, Addressing PFAS Discharges in NPDES Permits and Through the Pretreatment Program and Monitoring Programs. The memorandum “provides EPA’s guidance to states and...more

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No Love for the Dirty Water: EPA Proposing Expanded Stormwater Permitting in Boston

The Standells may “love that dirty water” according to their 1966 hit song, but the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) New England region is hoping to reduce stormwater pollution running off industrial, commercial and...more

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MS4/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Interim Guidance on Census Bureau's Elimination of "Urbanized Area"...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a document styled: Interim Guidance on Census Elimination of “Urbanized Area” Definition (“Guidance”)...more

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NPDES Permitting/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Motion to Dismiss Arkansas Department of Energy &...

As noted in an April 27th blog post, the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States...more

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NPDES Permitting/Clean Water Act: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Seeks Judicial...

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court (“Eastern District –...more

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EPA Releases 2022 Construction General Permit for Public Comment

Key Takeaways What Is Happening? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published for public comment its proposed 2022 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Construction General Permit (CGP), which...more

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EPA’s Long-Anticipated VIDA Proposed Rule Now Available

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NEW DEVELOPMENT - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) made available its long-anticipated standards for discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels pursuant to the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act...more

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MS4/NPDES Permit: City of Little Rock and Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Enter...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Little Rock (“Little Rock”) entered into a June 19th Permit Appeal Resolution (“PAR”) addressing a previously filed...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Order/Assessment Addressing Lewisburg, Tennessee

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a February 26th Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to the City of Lewisburg, Tennessee (“City”) for alleged violations of a National Pollution...more

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Effluent Guidelines/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Notices Availability/Program Plan 14

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published an October 24th Federal Register Notice referencing the availability of Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 14 (“Plan 14”). See 84 Fed. Reg. 57019. ...more

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Eleventh Circuit Rejects Environmental Groups’ Effort to Challenge Alabama NPDES Permitting Program Authority

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The Alabama Department of Environmental Management can finally breathe a sigh of relief, as the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion today affirming the U.S. EPA’s January 11, 2017 decision not to...more

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